It's the League Cup: Stranraer and Albion Rovers face off

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 13.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stair Park (5600 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stranraer or Albion Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.

Stranraer have less rest than Albion Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Annan Athletic.

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Stranraer form and stats

Stranraer participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Stranraer's results here at Stair Park in the League One have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Stranraer who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Clyde, 346 days ago.

Stranraer travelled for their previous game, a trip to Annan Athletic (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Montrose (0-1).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Stranraer as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Elgin City are visiting.

Stranraer are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stranraer defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

Albion Rovers's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

Albion Rovers have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-4-9 (14 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Albion have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Stenhousemuir game. With the Albion losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Home advantage was not enough for Albion in their previous game, as they lost their League Cup-match, hosting Ayr United, 2-5. It was a League Two defeat before that one as the away game against Edinburgh City wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Ayr United was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

A quick return to home after this game, as Albion are hosting Stenhousemuir in the League Two only four days away.

Albion Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Albion, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stranraer five wins, two draws and Albion Rovers three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Stranraer missing players

Albion Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stranraer Albion Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   14 25
2 2   Won W   1 6
10 3   Drew D   5 6
13 4   Lost L   8 13
25 8   Scored S   17 41
47 11   Conceded C   26 52
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
84% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 92%
48% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 80%
32% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 48%
20% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 36%
60% 33%   BTTS BTTS   57% 68%
16% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 12%
32% 44%   Failed to Score F T   36% 24%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
203 65   Total Shots T S   67 165
81 29   Shots on Target S O   27 67
27% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 46%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Annan Athletic 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
2 Ayr United 2 1 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 3
3 Hamilton Academical 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
4 Stranraer 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Annan Athletic 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
2 Ayr United 2 1 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 3
3 Hamilton Academical 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
4 Stranraer 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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